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Monday, May 16, 2016

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip". In this sense, we use it to highlightHOLAmembers or Friends of HOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.Caridad del Valle was profiled in an article in the weekly New York newspaper La Voz Hispana, where her starring role in the Pablo García Gámez solo show Yo no soy Lupita, is highlighted. Directed by Leyma López and produced by Alex Vásquez Escaño for Teátrica, the show will be presented in May at the Broadway Blackbox Theater (in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan). To read the article, which is in Spanish, click on the image at right.Larissa Santiago will be starring in the Anacaona Theater production of Las 1001 noches: Historias de amor en el corredor de la muerte. Written by Olga El, the play is adapted and directed by Edú, and will be presented in June as part of the VI Festival de Teatro Hispano del Comisionado, which will take place at the Sala de Teatro Rafael Villalona in the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Luis Salgado, shown at left, was profiled in the Repeated Islands blog, where his recent Fred & Adele Astaire Award nomination for Best Male Dancer on Broadway for his performance in the Estefan-Estefan-Dinelaris musical On Your Feet! was highlighted. (He is also nominated with the rest of the cast in the category of Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show.) To read the blog, click here.Mônica Steuer is one of the actresses starring in the viral video "ALAS- Ambiguous Latina Actress Support Group". Written by Carolina Ravassa and directed by Rafael Piñeros and Ravassa, it can be seen by clicking on the video below.If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?